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All About Resin
Resin can be used for all kinds of things. There’s beautiful amber jewellery, resin varnishes, adhesives, and more. Some resinous compounds are broken down and used as perfumes or incense. Resins are created by plants, insects and fossils; there are also synthetic...
Fish Eyes and Epoxy Coating
Every type of flooring comes with a myriad of advantages and disadvantages when compared to other flooring systems. Oftentimes, these traits are quite obvious: some floorings are quieter than others, some are more durable, others are less expensive to install. Where...
Floating and Non-Floating Floors
Science fiction writers love things that defy gravity. While we’re still waiting on hovercars, we’ve come up with astounding new technologies since the halcyon days of sci-fi; maglev trains, rocket ships to the moon and zero-g commercial flights have all become...
How Thickness Affects Flooring
When installing new floors in your business, there are a plethora of decisions to make. You want to decide on the type of flooring you want; it could be anything from epoxy resin to polished concrete. You’ll also need to decide on the colours and patterns that will be...
The Naked Truth About Bare Concrete
There’s a passage from a Terry Pratchett novel that goes something like this: the reason the rich are rich is because they can afford high-quality boots. The poor buy low-quality boots, the soles wear out, and they have to buy another pair in 6 months; the...
Two Common Causes of Concrete Corrosion
There are numerous signs that your concrete may be deteriorating, and none of them look good. You can see surface cracks, a clear sign that the quality of your concrete has gone down; you can also see spalling, when flakes of concrete begin to break off from the...
Moisture Remediation and Concrete
Concrete is an incredibly durable and long-lasting option for flooring, whether it’s used as subflooring or the top layer. One of the crucial components of any flooring installation is making sure your concrete slab is primed for having substances installed on top of...
A Concrete Solution for Malls
Owning a large retail space like a mall comes with a set of flooring challenges unlike any other. First, the flooring is going to have to accommodate a wide-variety of different business types, from clothing stores to food and beverage retailers, toy shops and more....
Flooring is Art
Architecture is art; if you’ve ever been on a tour where the guide explains to you all the influences that went into the city’s art deco or post-modern or brutalist design, you understand that architecture finds itself at the nexus point between form and function, a...
Specialized Concrete Repair
Heavy manufacturing relies on sound substrates, typically concrete, to remain intact so equipment can move freely. This prevents work in progress getting damaged ; as well, as material handling equipment staying in tip top operating parameters. The first major...